No, you didn't accidentally damage your GPU.
No, you didn't accidentally damage your GPU.
In short, I played a tough game today and the PC shut down on its own. Restart attempts failed. Some advice suggested checking components, and it seems the graphics card might be the issue. Removing it works fine, but inserting it doesn’t produce any sounds. My system has a 3080 chipset, and calculations show the PSU draws about 750W. I own a Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold, which should handle it. I don’t have another CPU to test the GPU, so I’m worried it might be damaged. No overclocking was done, and the connections look solid. RAM seems fine too, though it didn’t respond. There’s a strange clicking noise from the PSU around 3 seconds after trying to boot the CPU—possibly a protection circuit activating. CMOS reset didn’t help. The only odd part is that even without the CPU, the PSU emits a faint click. The monitor runs continuously for gaming and editing, using up 691W, well under the recommended 741W. The fan spins steadily at all times.